Varun,
This isn't true. XenServer by Citrix is different than the free
open Xen software you can get for your distro. Citrix has actually
done some tuning and provided a bit more to help make Windows instances
run well on XenSource. Comparatively if you run RedHat Enterprise,
their versions of Xen and the Xen drivers they provide don't work as
well with Windows but I hear stories to the fact that their
linux(running RHEL ofcourse) performance is better.
- Chris

Varun Mehta wrote:

Clyde,

Both are equally good in their own way, VMware the UI based management
is more appealing than Xen. Xen is more bare metal OS for free, (now
with ESXi) that is also true, but things are a bit different compared
to the ESX. Xen and windows don't mix well. You cannot install a
windows VM on Xen. It has worked for some, but it's not an out of the
box solution like VMware.

I'm looking for a production ready virtualization product and I've
narrowed it down to VMWare ESX and Citrix XenServer based on features
and reputation. I'm finding it difficult to decide between the two
however. Does anyone have any experience with both or either and can
offer of your opinion on the benefits of one over the other?

I'm noticing with VMware is feature rich but obviously the more
features the more add-ons and licenses you need. Xenserver doesn't
seem to be in better with that regard.

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